Answer: Every sin, even the least, being against the sovereignty₁, goodness₂, and holiness of God₃, and against his righteous law₄, deserves his wrath and curse₅, both in this life₆, and that which is to come₇; and cannot be expiated but by the blood of Christ.₈

1. Jas 2:10–11;
2. Ex 20:1–2;
3. Hab 1:13; Lev 10:3; 11:44–45;
4. 1 Jn 3:4; Rom 7:12;
5. Eph 5:6; Gal 3:10;
6. Lam 3:39; Dt 28:15–68;
7. Mt 25:41;
8. Heb 9:22; 1 Pet 1:18–19